Klebsiella pneumoniae genotype K1: An emerging pathogen that causes septic ocular or central nervous system complications from pyogenic liver abscess

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-293

  Fang, Chi Tai ^a   Lai, Shau Yan ^a   Yi, Wen Ching ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Liu, Kao Lang ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPS GENE; DYSMETRIA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SERUM RESISTANCE ASSAY; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; SEROTYPING;

EID: 34547113989     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519262     Document Type: Article

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